Russian Icon of the Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ

The event of the New Testament history, the ascension of Jesus Christ in the flesh to heaven, as well as the transitional Christian holiday established in memory of this event and the promise of His second coming, full name: The Ascension of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, which is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter and always falls on Thursday. As Athanasius the Great explains, the Ascension of the Savior means the deification of His human nature, which becomes invisible to the bodily eye.